Year 3
Year 3 Curriculum Projects
Year 3 Project - Rocks, Relics and Rumbles
In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.
Memorable Experience - Let's Rock! with Mrs Martinez
History - Significant people - Mary Anning; Pompeii
Geography - Layers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features of volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; compass points; Maps
This project is also supported by mini projects in:
Science: Forces and Magnets
Art and Design: Ammonite
Design and Technology: Making it Move
Computing: derived from D.A.R.E.S
Music: derived from Kapow
PE: derived from TeamThemeKent Resources
PSHE: derived from Jigsaw
RE: derived from Kent SACRE Curriculum
More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2024 document found below.
Year 3 Key Information
In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Monday (Gymnastics) and Thursday (Hockey)
Ear-rings removed for the day please.
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English
The next English unit is based on the mountain biking adventures of Danny MaCaskill. We shall be following him on a ride up and up and up the Isle of Skye Cullen and ALL THE WAY DOWN! We shall build our exciting paragraphs until we are ready to write Danny's adventure.
Spellings
10.2.2025
tot
butter
baked
joked
extreme
heart
height
history
important
attach
attached
bottom
glitter
passed
looked
liked
dropped
hoped
chased
biked
Maths
The new term sees the start of our unit on Fractions. We use the vocabulary numerator and denominator and recognise a fraction of a 'part' of something. This can be a part of a shape or a fraction of an amount.
Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. You can find their log-in in their reading record book.
Additional Information
PLEASE ENSURE ALL EAR-RINGS ARE REMOVED ON PE DAYS
Term 4 PE days are Tuesday-OAA (warm clothes needed)
Thursday -Fitness circuits
Children need their reading book in school every day.
Spellings week beginning
24.2.25
shop
lotion
facial
pension
ocean
sugar
sure
chef
share
refresh
British
station
emotion
fiction
ancient
social
tension
expansion
chute
machine
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We encourage the children to:
- Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
- Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or Numbots.
- Access their spellings on Spelling Shed